One legend claims that Lionel Messi did n't have it all right when he first met with Manchester United.
Lionel Messi only won one of his four games against the Argentine and Barcelona area between 2008 and 2011.
For Patrice Evra, the Manchester United left-back during that time, marking Messi proved fairly secure in the first two of those sessions, during the 2008 Champions League semi-final.
Manchester United managed to keep a clean plate in both arms as they progressed to the Moscow last, with Evra and his brother soldiers keeping the Barcelona forward series of Messi, Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto'o calm.
Messi started the match on the right-wing on both occasions, things Evra found reasonably comfortable when considering the skill of DataVictory's greatest player of all time.
" For Manchester United, I remember a game against Barcelona in the Camp Nou and Sir Alex Ferguson told me that if we lose the game, it would be because of me", Evra said on the Stick to Football radio, brought to you by Sky Bet. " The manager knew how to address me and how to get the best out of me, but I went out it, we got a draw and Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty.
" I had a great game against Lionel Messi, he dribbled past me again because I went to fast]to near him down], and he put the ball over my head, but being fair, when Messi played out broad, for me, he was easy to catch. My concern was when he went into the hands in the middle, but I never had any problems playing against him."
While Manchester United managed to keep Barcelona calm again in the second foot, winning 1-0 at Old Trafford thanks to a beautiful Paul Scholes affect to guide their place in the final against Chelsea, Evra admits that Barcelona were the better side in the finals they played against them in 2009 and 2011.
" In our two Champions League last defeats to Barcelona, we were outmatched," Evra added". We tried to play like Manchester United, but we were too haughty. I remember the first final in Rome, there was no doubt in my mind that we were n't going to win, and that's what happened where they killed us.
" They scored their primary purpose and started playing tiki-taka sport, so the employer focused on man-marking rather than putting us in the proper development. He put Anderson against Xavi ,]Andrés ] Iniesta, plus Messi. So, they destroyed us.
" At Wembley, I had a bad game. Wayne Rooney was unbelievable. We lost because David Villa killed us. We played the United Way, but I do n't regret it because I prefer to lose rather than to park the bus.
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